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Indeed, we are only warning you because we've seen others here ignore the advice and then complain because they killed their player.

I suggest you extract the firmware with s1res and upload it here for those who may want it to revive their dead player. Getting the board ID and CPU/display part#s would also be very helpful.

If you know/want to learn about hardware of your player, s1mp3.org has a lot of information on yours and similar devices, and they're working on a project to write their own firmware too. Currently they're at the research stage.

Those who've never used an s1 before will find it somewhat difficult to operate, but remember that these devices are almost the "standard" in China for basic MP3/MP4 players.